News & Events

SanDisk Ships World's First Flash Memory Cards with 64 Gigabit X4 (4-Bits-Per-Cell) NAND Flash Technology

22 November 2009
SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK), the global leader in flash memory cards, today announced it has begun production shipments of flash memory cards based on the company’s advanced X4 flash memory technology.

Champions Biotechnology, Inc. Signs Exclusive Licensing Agreement with Ramot for TAR-1, a Novel Therapeutic for the Treatment of Cancer.

22 November 2009
An oncology drug development company with a predictive preclinical platform aimed at accelerating the development and enhancing the value of oncology drugs, has established an exclusive licensing agreement with Ramot at Tel Aviv University Ltd. Tel Aviv University’s wholly owned technology transfer company.

EAGLE Trial Signals Breakthrough in the Treatment of Schizophrenia

27 October 2009
JERUSALEM, Sept. 23, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Following our previous press release (published September 14th, 2009) announcing that BL-1020 has successfully met its primary and secondary efficacy endpoints from the phase 2b EAGLE (Effective Anti-psychosis via GABA Level Enhancement) trial, we are pleased to report positive final results regarding the effects of BL-1020 on cognition.

INVESTMENT IN EARLY-STAGE RESEARCH WILL PAY OFF IN MORE ISRAELI BIOTECH (HEBREW)

27 October 2009
Following the debate on the allocation of public funding to the new Biotech Fund, Yissum CEO Yaacov Michlin explains the advantage of investing in biotechnology research

INSTITUTE FOR DRUG DEVELOPMENT OPENING AT HEBREW U PHARMACY SCHOOL

27 October 2009
The country's first interdisciplinary center for developing drugs will be opened this week by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on the Ein Kerem campus of its School of Pharmacy - thereby utilizing the talents and ideas of a wide variety of campus scientists and attracting financial support from donors and the pharmaceutical industry

YISSUM ANNOUNCES LONG-TERM MULTI-PROJECT RESEARCH AND LICENSE COLLABORATION WITH ROCHE

27 October 2009
According to the terms of the agreement, Roche has selected six promising research projects in the fields of stem cells, biomarkers, and novel molecules for the treatment of metabolic diseases, initiated by Hebrew University researchers

Ikaria to pay $285 mln for Bioline drug license (Originally Licensed from Ben-Gurion University)

25 October 2009
JERUSALEM, June 6 (Reuters) - Israeli drug development company BiolineRX said on Monday that New Jersey-based Ikaria Holdings Inc had agreed to pay $285 million for a license to develop and market its BL-1040 drug for heart attack patients.

Deutsche Telekom doubling R&D investment in Israel

25 October 2009
Deutsche Telekom will be doubling its investment on research in Israel, company CEO Ren? Obermann told TheMarker. The lion's portion of that investment will apparently go to the German giant's research lab at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, which has been operational for three years.